Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 9:45 AM AKDT (17:45 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-16 17:45:51 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.582° N, 159.914° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.693 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.1117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.6101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.7south of Alaska · 1894 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.986 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.7south of Alaska · 1894 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.6100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.5102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.1131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 1.889 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.0south of Alaska · 1892 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.0100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 2.2127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.3126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 2.179 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.1south of Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 3.088 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.986 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.6110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219239hpi. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.